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Yelp is a web 2.0 company that operates a social networking and user review website by the same name. Yelp hosts an online database of user-generated reviews of local businesses. It is the ultimate city guide that taps into the community's voice and reveals honest and current insights on local businesses and services on everything.

Yelp is going after the cryptocurrency-users-who-lunch demographic. The online reviewing service works as a guide for users looking for local restaurants, bars, services, and attractions. Users submit reviews and information and read what other peopl...

It's dark, the platform is cramped, everyone is sweaty and you don't have cell service. For many of us, subway systems don't exactly sound like the most exciting tourist destination. Nonetheless, thousands of users on networks like Yelp and TripAdvis...

Facebook's acquisition of Oculus Rift represents a commitment to the future of virtual reality and Yelp refuses to be left behind. On Friday, the business review site announced the launch of Yelpulus Rift, bridging the gap between virtual reality and...

Yahoo has bolstered its efforts in the field of contextual search by integrating Yelp content alongside its search and maps products. Content from Yelp, including reviews, business information and pictures, will be prominently displayed, particularly...

A Virginia Circuit Court has ordered Yelp to hand over the identities of seven anonymous commenters, according to court documents dated Tuesday. The ruling was the result of an appeal by Yelp following a subpoena issued by Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, a s...

Earlier this year FWD.us, a Facebook-led advocacy group pursuing immigration reform, raised the ire of liberals with the tactics it used to pursue its goal. Now it’s the review site Yelp’s turn. Led by MoveOn.org, liberals are waging a campaign to sh...

Whether it's a restaurant, shopping mall, museum or even the hot dog stand down the street, you can find reviews for almost anything on Yelp. Yet there are still many small businesses that are not taking advantage of the online review site. In an inf...

Klamr, a new multi-task messaging app for iOS and Android debuted on the App Store Friday. It's a Swiss Army knife type of service combining some of the most beloved social functions: messaging, social planning, location search, reviews, chat, and ph...

The Internet has made us all much more critical. And with the popularity of Yelp, it's become second nature to evaluate every meal and dining experience. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In this Sunday comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of...

Yelp has launched a few new features aimed at making its services easier to use for both visitors and reviewers. First up, there is a new Yelp mobile app, available today on iOS, with Android compatibility to follow, which allows users to post Yelp r...

Yelp on Tuesday announced the ability to get food delivery and pickup on the platform, the first steps in a new functionality that lets users interact directly with businesses. The company is launching the new program, called Platform, with a few res...

Every day, Jason DaSilva experiences firsthand the challenges of traveling around New York City on his motorized scooter. But the Brooklyn-based filmmaker with multiple sclerosis is not sitting back. Instead, DaSilva is leading an initiative called A...

Yelp released a new tool on Monday that helps small businesses estimate how much revenue they make through the review site. The tool, called the Revenue Estimator, lets local businesses track the number of customer leads from their Yelp profile and p...

Apple CEO Tim Cook has personally acknowledged the numerous problems with the Maps app, launched late last year. He's in the midst of devoting considerable resources to fixing it. He has deputized Apple's Mr. Fix-it, Eddy Cue, to sort out the problem...

If you live in New York or San Francisco, it's about to get even easier to find health information for restaurants in your city. Yelp, the popular business review website, announced Thursday that it has started adding hygiene scores for restaurants i...

Facebook's big search announcement appears to have unnerved investors for at least one tech company: Yelp. Yelp's stock dropped by more than 8% on Tuesday to as low as $20.16 a share after Facebook announced the beta version of a smarter search engin...

A judge's order that a Yelp user alter her Yelp review accusing a contractor of theft and sloppy work for the duration of a defamation case was overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court this week. The Yelp user, Jane Perez, hired Christopher Dietz of ...

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